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Remembering Jimmy Boyce of the Little Boy Blues
When I choose subjects for the Secret History of Chicago Music, I don’t rule out anyone I’ve been lucky enough to call a friend—especially when it comes to making a memorial tribute to a great...
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Scream! Bleed! Take Off Your Clothes! goes inside the legendary Organic...
As a budding theater enthusiast growing up in DuPage County in the 1970s and early 80s, I learned what was going on in Chicago mostly by reading reviews from Glenna Syse, the theater critic for the...
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Review: Sense and Sensibility
Sense and Sensibility in wide release in theaters The post Review: <i>Sense and Sensibility</i> appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Charlie Parr laments modern woes in timeless folk blues
Charlie Parr Fri 11/6 at FitzGerald's The post Charlie Parr laments modern woes in timeless folk blues appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Suzy Sheer make harsh but cuddly electroclash
Suzy Sheer Sun 11/8 at Outset The post Suzy Sheer make harsh but cuddly electroclash appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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All the young emo fans are into P.E.E.
P.E.E. Sat 11/7 at Logan Square Auditorium The post All the young emo fans are into P.E.E. appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Vile Mind scream hardcore truths about the opioid epidemic
Vile Mind Fri 11/6 at Subterranean The post Vile Mind scream hardcore truths about the opioid epidemic appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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The 32nd Black Harvest Film Festival contributes to the continuum of Black...
The 32nd edition of the Black Harvest Film Festival returns to the Siskel Film Center this November. Programmed by Chicago-based artist, curator, cultural worker, and independent scholar jada-amina...
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Review: Ken Russell’s The Devils
Ken Russell’s The Devils in limited release in theaters The post Review: Ken Russell’s <i>The Devils</i> appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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An Avondale night market pops up at the next Monday Night Foodball
This past spring, Kathy Vega Hardy was recovering from breast cancer surgery during her busiest time of the year. “I was out of commission for a good two and a half months,” says Vega Hardy, the chef...
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Any Rebellion of Will upends the tropes of Angry Young Man dramas
Any Rebellion of Will, through 11/1, Trap Door Theatre The post <i>Any Rebellion of Will</i> upends the tropes of Angry Young Man dramas appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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I.A. Inteligencia Actoral asks if a robot can play Hamlet
I.A. Inteligencia Actoral, through 11/15 at Aguijón Theater Company The post <i>I.A. Inteligencia Actoral</i> asks if a robot can play Hamlet appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Sugar Plum Fairy, P.I. gives a noir twist to fairy tales
Sugar Plum Fairy, P.I., through 11/8 at Lifeline Theatre The post <i>Sugar Plum Fairy, P.I.</i> gives a noir twist to fairy tales appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Zombie-ie-ie
The Moviegoer is the diary of a local film buff, collecting the best of what Chicago’s independent and underground film scene has to offer. Zombie movies are my favorite of the horror genre—they sit...
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4000 Miles crosses the generation gap
4000 Miles, through 10/24, A Short Leap Theatre Company at the Den Theatre The post <i>4000 Miles</i> crosses the generation gap appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Mayhem and malarkey at Moidah Manor
Murder at Moidah Manor, through 11/5 at Annoyance Theatre The post Mayhem and malarkey at Moidah Manor appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Escape to Margaritaville is slight but enjoyable for Parrotheads
Escape to Margaritaville, through 11/1, Music Theater Works at North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, Skokie The post <i>Escape to Margaritaville</i> is slight but enjoyable for...
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Vladimir needs to get beyond headlines to find the drama
Vladimir, through 11/14, Shattered Globe Theatre at Theater Wit The post <i>Vladimir</i> needs to get beyond headlines to find the drama appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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House of the Exquisite Corpse VI: Lullabies welcomes us to the nightmare
House of the Exquisite Corpse VI: Lullabies, through 11/1, Rough House Puppet Arts at Steppenwolf Merle Reskin Garage The post <i>House of the Exquisite Corpse VI: Lullabies</i> welcomes...
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‘Coyote Time’ reimagines civic renewal
“Coyote Time" through 12/12 in Saint Louis, various locations The post ‘Coyote Time’ reimagines civic renewal appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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